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Facts about Carbohydrate sulfotransferase 8.
Only active against terminal GalNAcbeta1,GalNAcbeta. Not active toward chondroitin.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CHST8 |
| Uniprot: | Q9H2A9 |
| Entrez: | 64377 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| sulfotransferase 2 family |

carbohydrate (N-acetylgalactosamine 4-0) sulfotransferase 8; carbohydrate sulfotransferase 8; EC 2.8.2.-; GalNAc-4-O-sulfotransferase 1; GalNAc4ST; GALNAC4ST1; GALNAC-4-ST1; galNAc4ST-1; N-acetylgalactosamine-4-O-sulfotransferase 1
Mass (kDA):
48.834 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 19q13.11 |
| Sequence: | 19; NC_000019.10 (33621953..33773509) |
Predominantly expressed in pituitary gland. In brain, it is expressed in pituitary gland, cerebellum, medulla oblongata, pons, thalamus and spinal cord. Expressed in the epidermis. Expressed at lower level in lung, spleen, adrenal gland, placenta, prostate, testis, mammary gland and trachea.
Golgi apparatus membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein.




PMID: 10988300 by Xia G., et al. Molecular cloning and expression of the pituitary glycoprotein hormone N-acetylgalactosamine-4-O-sulfotransferase.
PMID: 11001942 by Okuda T., et al. Molecular cloning and characterization of GalNAc 4-sulfotransferase expressed in human pituitary gland.